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Climate change hits aircraft carrier: USS Harry S. Truman loses a Super Hornet in the Mediterranean

Climate change hits aircraft carrier: USS Harry S. Truman loses a Super Hornet in the Mediterranean

Gepostet von | 29 Aug 2022 | , , | 1

Every now and then you have to pull out an old message and give it a new status. This is also the case here. The F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter aircraft that was swept off the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean on 8 July due to sudden adverse weather conditions was located at a depth of 2,895 metres less than 24 hours after the incident, but was only recorded as "recovered" after 27 days. Still a remarkable achievement! A well-rehearsed team The usual suspects that are called upon by the US Navy in such cases were once again deployed: the remote-controlled underwater robot CURV-21, the...

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US Navy buys Boeing's HAAWC

US Navy buys Boeing's HAAWC

Gepostet von | 27 Aug 2022 | , , | 0

The US Navy has placed an order with Boeing for the series production of the so-called High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC). This is a 'glide body', a so-called Air Launch Accessory (ALA) kit, which is attached to a Mk 54 U-Jagd torpedo. The folding wings spread out after the HAAWC is launched. The torpedo is guided to the target by an autopilot in the ALA using GPS data. Once it has dropped to an acceptable altitude, the ALA drops it at a point assigned by the parent aircraft's weapon delivery system, which is calculated based on the torpedo entry point. The contract between the US Naval Sea Systems Command and...

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US Navy concretises its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel

US Navy concretises its Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 1

DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is entering stage 2 of its NOMARS programme (No Manning Required Ship) for the development of ships that no longer require human intervention while at sea. The aim is to build a demonstrator for a medium-sized MUSV (Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel) that can fulfil its tasks at sea with a significant payload and maximum reliability. New deployment concepts for navies Whatever the payload, the unmanned vessel will open up completely new application concepts in the future. "We will enable deployment and stationing procedures that will allow entire fleets of unmanned vehicles to be deployed worldwide as partners for larger manned...

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Saab Germany opens location in Wilhelmshaven

Saab Germany opens location in Wilhelmshaven

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

Saab opened its branch on the Jade, or rather the Ems-Jade Canal, with a ceremony in the new premises on Bunsenstrasse. In future, all maritime projects in Germany will be managed from here. For years, Saab has propagated the idea of operating abroad in strategic co-operation with domestic companies, and is also implementing this here. It is about the future of high-tech products such as sensors, weapons and combat boats. This also means an increase in the number of employees, currently 350 throughout Germany. In Wilhelmshaven there will initially be 4, and then 30 employees. The Lord Mayor of Wilhelmshaven, Carsten Feist, who was present at the ceremony, was...

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USA: Strong proof of cohesion

USA: Strong proof of cohesion

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

The U.S. Navy has deployed four substantial ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) to major Baltic ports and capitals following two weeks of bilateral training and exercise serials with Finnish units in the waters of the new NATO member. The USS Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship with a displacement of 42,000 tonnes, arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on 20 August. At the same time, the amphibious transport landing ship USS Arlington of the San Antonio class (25,000 tonnes) and the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall of the Whidbey Island class (17,000 tonnes) stopped in Riga, Latvia. And the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius Flight...

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